Relx (LON:REL) Insider N Luff Sells 61,662 Shares

Relx Plc (LON:REL) insider N Luff sold 61,662 shares of Relx stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,257, for a total value of £1,391,711.34.

Relx Stock Up 2.4%

REL stock opened at GBX 2,227 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 216.69, a current ratio of 0.48 and a quick ratio of 0.45. The stock has a market capitalization of £40.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.54, a P/E/G ratio of 2.69 and a beta of 0.48. Relx Plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 1,991 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 4,183. The business has a 50-day moving average of GBX 2,825.86 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 3,189.36.

Relx (LON:REL) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported GBX 128.50 EPS for the quarter. Relx had a return on equity of 56.71% and a net margin of 20.34%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Relx Plc will post 134.0035675 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

REL has been the topic of several recent research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Relx in a research note on Tuesday, October 21st. Citigroup assumed coverage on Relx in a report on Monday, January 12th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a GBX 3,178 price objective for the company. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a GBX 5,070 target price on shares of Relx in a report on Friday, January 16th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 4,222.50.

Relx Company Profile

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. The Group serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs over 33,000 people, of whom almost half are in North America. The shares of RELX PLC, the parent company, are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RELX.